A few things bug me about this [Philly Mag] article: 1. Of course Joey‘s gonna be nice to a reporter. When there’s something in it for him, Sweeney‘s charm can be downright dazzling. Of course, the flipside to this, is we don’t know what the piece looked like after x amount of edits, and Philly Mag doesn’t want to alienate a possible new demographic (which I don’t think exists in this town in any real large numbers: the indie-yuppie…I still think it’s The Khakis buying all those gazillion dollar condos). Besides, maybe Sweeney’s not important or familiar enough to most […]
SMELL MY FEET: Ladies And Gentlemen, Literally Back From The Dead, It’s The Fabulous Mummies!
Well done, Lads! Glad to see all that rehearsin’ has made NO difference whatsoever. Ah, the early ’90s. A simpler time. You may know these bandaged men from their classic garage-stomper “You’ve Got To Fight To Live On The Planet Of The Apes,” which is really true if you stop to think about it.
ASK MOTHER PHAWKER: Kids, Don’t Try This At Home, No, Really
Dear Mother Phawker, My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost a year, and we are deeply in love and truly committed to each other. We didn’t “do it” right away. We waited, like a month and a half. For me, that’s taking it slow. Anyway, like two or three months later, things started to get a little weird in the bedroom. Not like whips and chains weird. It started innocently enough when my boyfriend began making kung-fu sound effects while we were in the act, climaxing (so to speak) with a Bruce Lee “Hiiiii-YAAAAAAAAAA!” Things gradually got stranger […]
Seasons Greetings: IT’S NOT THE AFTERLIFE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE
EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE: Laurel Hill Cemetery, Summer, 2005 [Infrared Photography by Chuck V.]
Media Matters To NY Times’ David Brooks: What Part of SANTORUM SUCKS COCK IN HELL Don’t You Understand?
Now that we have your attention, what Media Matters actually said was: NY Times‘ Brooks lauded Santorum’s anti-poverty work, ignored his charity-related controversies: Summary: In a recent column, David Brooks wrote that if Sen. Rick Santorum loses his Pennsylvania Senate seat, it’s “probably good news in Pennsylvania’s bobo suburbs” but “certainly bad for poor people around the world.” Brooks, however, did not mention the controversy surrounding Santorum’s own charity, or his attacks on prominent international humanitarian groups. Media Matters: Making Media Matter Since A Coupla Years Ago Attytood: Bono Is Wrong-O, Seriously Santorum Sucks You-Know-What In H-E-Double-Toothpick
Later Today on JUNK SCIENCE: For God Sakes Man, Put Down That Pepsi Or You’ll Kill Us ALL!
LOOK FOR IT LATER TODAY, BECAUSE IT’S WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW THAT CAN HURT YOU…REAL BAD,YO!
BREAKING: Document Shredder Truck Spotted Outside Cheney’s House
VIA WONKETTE: Spotted on 10/19, by an eagle-eyed Wonkette reader: The Mid-Atlantic Shredding Services truck making its way up to the Cheney compound at the Naval Observatory.Fun fact: Mid-Atlantic Shredding Services has been contracted by the Secret Service for our Executive Branch’s record-not-keeping needs. The present contractor providing Pickup & Destruction of Sensitive Waste Material services is Mid Atlantic Shredding Services and the current rate is $0.095 cents per lbs. You better get crackin’, Dick — that evidence won’t destroy itself! Wonkette: Stop Him! He’s Getting Away! Very….Slowly Phawker Wonders: All kidding aside, why isn’t the media descending on this […]
RADIO DAZE: WXPN To Hang The DJ? Also, Hear That Crunchin’? That’s The Sound Of Car Wheels On A Gravel Road At Appel Farms
All you Volvo-clad latte-sippers in yer North Face fleeces who hung in there through the homestretch of the 885 Artists Countdown may have heard an advert for an open on-air position at the station, which made us wonder — is someone leaving? Negatory, says ‘XPN program director Bruce Warren, which comes as no small relief to us because really, we can hardly get out of bed these days without Michaela Majoun hoggin’ all the covers. Sike! No, this is one of those rarest of creatures in these belt-tightening days: A brand spankin’ new position! So take note, all you would-be […]
NPR For The Deaf: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
Today on Fresh Air: Entertainment expert Neal Gabler‘s new book is Walt Disney: The Triumph of American Imagination. Gabler was given complete access to the Disney archives to write a biography that begins when Disney was just a glimmer of an idea and ends at the entrance to the Walt Disney mausoleum. Gabler is also the author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood, and Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity. Gabler is a senior fellow at the Norman Lear Center for the Study of Entertainment and Society in the Annenberg School for Communications at […]
The Early Word: If Man Is Five, And The Devil Is Six, Then God Is Seven, THEN GOD IS SEVEN
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7 @ The Trocadero Theatre Y-Rock on XPN and Philadelphia Weekly present THE PIXIES loudQUIETloud DVD SCREENING PARTY FREE ADMISSION / Showtime: 8pm / Age restricted 21+
Hot Document: Inky/DN Guild Negotiations Update
Monday, October 30, 2006 — We are pleased to announce that on Saturday, October 28th we reached a tentative agreement on “non-economic” issues with our Paperhandlers union. We appreciate all the hard work on both sides of the table that allowed us to reach this agreement. Negotiations also took place over the weekend with the Newspaper Guild. While the Guild provided PN with a counter-proposal on Advertising issues, we remain far apart. PN has negotiations scheduled with our unions over the next two days, and we remain optimistic that we will reach agreements with all but the Guild close to the […]